ILM back on schedule after US Airways computer outage delays one flight

Thursday

Jan 29, 2009 at 5:45 PMJan 29, 2009 at 10:58 PM

By Patrick GannonStaff Writer

Flights were back to a normal schedule Thursday night after a computer problem delayed one U.S. Airways flight, according to an official with Wilmington International Airport. A 4:05 p.m. U.S. Airways flight from Wilmington International Airport didn’t depart until about 6:45 p.m., said ILM operations director Gary Broughton.US Airways issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying the airline had experienced a computer systems outage for approximately two hours that "impacted our flight dispatch and some airport computer systems.""Early reports indicate that a fiber optic line was accidentally severed near one of the airline’s data centers in Phoenix," the statement said.The airline said it was working to "restore operational order.""Currently, the operational impact is moderate with approximately 100 of our 3,100 daily flights delayed," according to the statement released a little after 4 p.m.